Oregon PERS IAP Member Choice: Should You Change Your Target-Date Fund? If you’re an Oregon PERS member, September brings a retirement-planning opportunity that’s easy to overlook: the annual IAP Member Choice window. From September 1 through September 30, eligible members can choose a different target-date fund for their Individual Account Program (IAP). For elections made…
Portfolio Rebalancing: How & Why Note from Brenna: One of the quieter but important parts of investment management is keeping a portfolio aligned with its intended purpose over time. Markets move, portfolios drift, and without a process, it is easy for investment decisions to become reactive. The article below, written by our investment partner GeoWealth,…
How Does Dollar Cost Averaging Work? I partner with GeoWealth for investment management and support, and they recently shared a piece that breaks down the dollar cost averaging concept in a clear, approachable way. Whether you’re sitting on a lump sum and unsure when to invest, or just feeling hesitant in today’s market, this strategy…
Q3 2024 Market Review Each quarter, Collective Wealth Planning, with the help of our investment partner Geowealth, provides transparency and seeks to clearly communicate what is driving performance for portfolios. The GeoWealth investment team has put together the following commentary for Q3, 2024. In short: Equity markets finished the quarter strong as the S&P 500…
Earlier this month, we saw our first bout of market volatility in a while, which sparked talk online with a couple of my clients about market timing. It reminded me of how difficult this is and why no one can do it well for any extended period. Check out the article below from our investment…
What is Diversification? Almost everyone has heard that diversification is important in building portfolios. However, many people don’t understand what it is, why it’s important, or how to maximize its benefits. Diversification means spreading the assets in a portfolio among different investments. The goal is to smooth out the returns of the portfolio. For most…
Q4 2023 Market Review Each quarter, Collective Wealth Planning, with the help of our investment partner First Ascent Asset Management, provides transparency and seeks to clearly communicate what is driving performance for portfolios. The First Ascent Asset Management investment team has put together the following commentary for Q4, 2023. If you prefer to listen, you…
Each quarter, Collective Wealth Planning, with the help of our investment partner First Ascent Asset Management, provides transparency and seeks to clearly communicate what is driving performance for portfolios. The First Ascent Asset Management investment team has put together the following commentary for Q3, 2023. Highlights After three straight quarters of positive returns in equity…
Each quarter, Collective Wealth Planning, with the help of our investment partner First Ascent Asset Management, provides transparency and seeks to clearly communicate what is driving performance for portfolios. The First Ascent Asset Management investment team has put together the following commentary for Q2, 2023. Highlights After a choppy start to the second quarter, stocks…
If you think money can’t buy happiness, you’re not spending it right. At least, that is the conclusion of researchers Elizabeth Dunn (University of British Columbia) and Michael Norton (Harvard), two rising stars in the world of behavioral science, authors of Happy Money: The Science of Happier Spending. In the book, Dunn and Norton provide an…